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load for 7mm magnum
« on: November 29, 2016, 02:47:55 PM »
 Any pet loads for a mod 70 1974 manuf looks like 23 inch barrel?   Thank You

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2016, 03:05:03 PM »
My 7mag likes H1000 and Bergers.

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2016, 03:18:24 PM »
What grain Bergers

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2016, 03:21:49 PM »
Mine and my friends both shot vhita vohri n560 really well. 168 bergers. 2930 67 grains.  Yes that's 3 over book max so don't start that high.  These were factory sako 7mm mag.  But I shot n560 really well from 65 on up.  If you go the Berger route, look up the article "getting bergers to shoot well"

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2016, 03:30:20 PM »
 any experimentation with lighter bullets

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2016, 03:30:44 PM »
I load a 160gr Accubond with IMR 4831. Its a nice combo. I followed the recipe right out of the Nosler manual.
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2016, 03:39:20 PM »
I hadn't been shooting 140 accubond or ballistic tip with imr4350 for the last 18 ish years from my 7. Gonna try some 162 eld x now.

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2016, 03:40:19 PM »
I load a 160gr Accubond with IMR 4831. Its a nice combo

 :yeah: I have been using 154 gr Hornady Interlocks, SST's, Interbonds in front of IMR 4831. All with good luck.
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2016, 03:56:10 PM »
 anybody have the same gun?

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2016, 04:16:22 PM »
Mines a model 70 from 97-98 ish

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2016, 04:37:20 PM »
savage 7mm imr4831 60 grs, with 154 and 162 interlock.. .750 moa
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2016, 05:10:54 PM »
 good info here keep em coming. thx

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2016, 06:58:20 PM »
 anybody use sierra bullets anymore?

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2016, 08:02:27 PM »
7mm Remington Magnum

Hornady 162 grain Interlock BTSP
63 grain IMR 4831
CCI #250 large rifle primers

This is a compressed load so work up load from safe starting point.

The 162 grain Hornadys are lead spire points that get beat up a little bit after loading and unloading in your rifle a few times. This might bother some guys, doesn't seem to effect accuracy.

Killer load in my Remington 700 BDL. 7mm Magnum.

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2016, 08:06:36 PM »
 Lefthook do you know the feet per second?

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #15 on: November 29, 2016, 11:42:52 PM »
168gr Bergers, CCI Magnum primers, IMR4350, seated just short enough to fit mag in my Tikka T3 Stainless is sub-moa all day long. I will not post load because you need to work up, and what works in my gun may not work for yours.

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2016, 12:13:06 AM »
Lefthook do you know the feet per second?

I never put it through a chrony, it's just a very accurate load in my rifle and it is deadly for anything I'll be pointing it at. Looking at published load data I would think it's at least 2900 FPS but don't quote me on that.

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2016, 12:28:19 AM »
I run a 23.5" barrel on my 7 mag.  It has become my most accurate magnum to date.  It still can be finicky with heavier bullets, but it absolutely loves 140 grains of all flavors.

Most accurate load is actually the bullet I like the least - Partition.  Bullet that seems to perform the best in the field has been the Accubond.  Both well under MOA using the same powder charge, just different seating depths.

Case: Hornady
Primer: CCI 250
Powder: Norma MRP / 68 grains

Accubond in this gun likes .005 - .010" more jump than the Partition.  Have not seen a change in group size whether I load at that .005" or .010".  I did not add it to my notes, but if I remember right that means .025 - .030" off the lands for the AB and .020" on the Partition.
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2016, 12:49:12 AM »
 I've been using 140gr. Partitions with 4831sc for years, my share of one shot trophies on the wall. :twocents:
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2016, 05:33:58 AM »
 How do those 140 partitions hold up on elk.

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2016, 07:38:23 AM »
How do those 140 partitions hold up on elk.

 Have not hit a shoulder but heart lung areas have proven to be effective. :twocents:

 Incidentally, I load he same 140 Partition for my kids to use in their 7mm-08's, makes buying bullets easy. ;)
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2016, 01:27:10 PM »
 Thank you for all the input

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2016, 01:33:05 PM »
Lefthook do you know the feet per second?

I never put it through a chrony, it's just a very accurate load in my rifle and it is deadly for anything I'll be pointing it at. Looking at published load data I would think it's at least 2900 FPS but don't quote me on that.

I just chrono'd this load last weekend. The average came out to about 2940.
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2016, 01:46:25 PM »
Lefthook do you know the feet per second?

I never put it through a chrony, it's just a very accurate load in my rifle and it is deadly for anything I'll be pointing it at. Looking at published load data I would think it's at least 2900 FPS but don't quote me on that.

I just chrono'd this load last weekend. The average came out to about 2940.

Wow! I had no idea, just shoots great out of my 700. That's nice to hear, doesn't seem to be a throat burner, I been shooting it for years. I took my neighbor out and we could plink with it like a .22 and nail milk jugs at about 300 yds with no problem. That was just dinkin' around not really trying to do anything with it.

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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #24 on: November 30, 2016, 07:42:19 PM »
139 gn hornady interlock with 65 gn of H4831sc.Long range antelope and deer.
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2016, 06:49:39 AM »
don't remember all the load data I would have to look it up but for deer I use.

7mm rem mag
Nosler 150gr Ballistic tip Boat tails loaded to 3100FPS
I remember using HMR but I don't remember the amount I would have to check my manual.
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Re: load for 7mm magnum
« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2016, 02:50:07 PM »
My pet load.

140gr Barnes TTSX
Large magnum primer
Reloader 22, 70 grains

3.34 COL

3360 average FPS

been a tackdriver in everything its been tried in.

 


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